The Curse of Knowledge
Senior Application Developer and Full Stack Engineer at Thoughtworks with almost a decade of experience working primarily as a Backend & DevOps Engineer. I've worked on Ruby & C# projects and am currently working on a Python one. I am an AWS Certified Solutions Architect and an Oracle Certified Cloud Infrastructure Architect at an Associate level. I also have reasonable experience working on GCP, primarily with Google Kubernetes Engine.
I'm also an aspiring public speaker who likes to give talks on soft skills and tech.
I also write blogs on various psychological aspects of work primarily to improve teamwork & interpersonal skills.
When I first learnt OOPS, I struggled to understand it. I was lucky to work on a project that helped me understand it in more detail and overtime I got better at it.
Have you ever struggled to understand a concept/technology and overtime, through practice, become an expert in it?
When something like this happens, people tend to forget how difficult it was for them and judge others harshly, who are going through similar difficulties. This is a variation of a cognitive bias called the curse of knowledge.
If you are unknowingly doing this or are witnessing this in your team, call it out. Your team will thank you.
